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It's hard to find tannin powder as there is no wine making supplies in my country. There, I'd rather use raisin as tannin substitute in my wine making process. However, I'm not sure how the conversion ...

Planning a new extract brew. I'm normally one to wing the quantities a bit but as I'm attempting a higher-than-average ABV this time round I've put together a recipe using the Brewers' Friend recipe ...

I'm just about to embark on my first brew with my dad.
He mentioned that he may include half a tea spoon of sugar into each of the bottles to prevent it becoming flat.
What are other suggestions to ...

There's been a lot of discussion around Clarity Ferm, and it's ability to break down gluten in beer.
The manufacturers just say it makes "gluten reduced beer", but Omission and others uses it to make ...

I inherited a slew of brewing equipment and ingredients from a friend, but am not sure if it is usable, it's been in storage for a while.
Specifically the malts have melted into chunks(a dry imported ...

I'm new to home brewing and want to make sure I'm using quality ingredients. I've been to a few stores, but have trouble knowing if what they offer is good quality or not. What tips / techniques can i ...

OK, so I brewed an xmas beer about a month ago. It turned out awesome. One thing I did was add a bunch of ingredients into the secondary fermentation. The ingredients were vanilla bean, wood oak chips ...

I'm making an Xmas brew. So far so good with the primary fermentation (this is my 4th beer so no worries there). It's an ale brewed with 2.5 lbs of grains and dry malt extract (only 8 AAU hops). I've ...

So I'm brewing the recipe below for my wife. (She wanted a "fruity" beer.") It was listed on beersmith.com as "Strawberry Cream Ale". I asked at the LHBS, and they confirmed what I thought, in that ...

I'm having a devil of a time finding citra hops in quantity. Everywhere I visit seems to carry citra, but none want to sell me more than a couple of ounces and usually at inflated prices. I mean $2.99 ...

Pound for pound, do steel cut oats deliver the same level of mouthfeel as flaked oats?
I ask because I recently made some steel cut oats for breakfast and they seem to be much more gummy than normal ...

I'm a very new homebrewer and this may be a really wacky question, but I'm curious nonetheless. Every time I've made fresh juice using a juicer, I'm at a loss for what to do with the leftover pulp, ...

I've been looking for good homebrew ingredient and equipment retailers in Australia and would like some recommendations. If you have recommendations for online retailers that have the follow qualities ...

I am making an ale flavored with juniper berries (dried and crushed). I am considering adding some during secondary, much like dry hopping.
What I want from the berries is of course the resinous and ...

I've been planning to experiment with orange peels for a while now, but I don't know when to add them, when should I throw them in?
Last 15 minutes with the aroma hops? At flame-out? After primary? I ...

This term pops up from time to time and it often cited as a reason to go to all grain. But maybe its because I don't really know what it tastes like.
Do you believe in extract twang?
How do you get ...

Stouts, especially beers like Guiness (its cousin Kilkenny as well), have a head that's really creamy. Being a stout lover myself, I always envied this head, but I have no idea how one can achieve it. ...

Have trouble with any sulphites. I have all the wine making equip including a filter machine and have made 100 bottles of wine. Would love to try and leave the sulphites out but hate to wait 3 months ...

I've done some research on wines and beers of Ancient Egypt and I've decided I want to try and brew a beer based on the ingredients that would have been available at the time. I don't want to make a ...

I need something to sweeten my alcoholic ginger beer. Im currently at the last fermentation stage before bottling.
I was thinking of using Honey as the primer since not all of it will ferment in the ...

I went to my LHBS today and there was a guy there who I've never had service with (been going to this place about 3mo now). He ended up giving me the wrong grains, and I'm wondering what I can do with ...